Rage Against the Machine are reportedly working on a new studio album.

The news was released in an interview by vocalist Zack de la Rocha with the Chilean newspaper La Tercera.

"We are working on a new album due out next year, perhaps for the northern hemisphere summer," he told the paper.

De la Rocha also noted that the band has matured as they have gotten older. The group's members, who reunited for various festival performances in 2007, have made a string of solo appearances in the last few months. Guitarist Tom Morello played on Conan O'Brien's show with Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison's band Fistful of Mercy.

Rage Against the Machine's last album, The Battle of Los Angeles, was released in 1999.